PDLIM7 and Epstein-Barr virus infection: To confirm previous evidence of EBV infection in MG thymus [6], we investigated thymic tissues from 19 MG patients (Patient Group 3, Table 1) and two adult healthy donors for the presence of EBV DNA (BamHI-W repeat region), RNA (EBER1, EBNA1, LMP1, and BZLF1), and proteins (LMP1 and BZLF1).